Aside from those who spoke at Monday night's Rio Rancho School Board meeting on bullying, Action 7 News received emails, voicemails and Facebook posts from parents fed up with what their kids have to endure.

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"They kept pushing me and punching me, and this one bully kept punching me in the stomach and the face," said 12-year-old Arturo Baca.

Baca said he cried and didn't want to go to school anymore after he was bullied. His mother said they changed schools after their pleas for help at Rio Rancho Middle School fell on deaf ears.

At an emotional school board meeting Monday night, a number of students and parents shared their frustrations about bullying.

On Tuesday, Action 7 took their complaints straight to the superintendent and played voicemails from outraged parents who into the KOAT station.

When asked if she believed teachers and principals in Rio Rancho were taking bullying seriously enough, Sue Cleveland responded by saying, "I think they are, but there are a lot of challenges."

Those challenges include larger classes and a legal requirement to investigate every allegation. Despite that, some feel the district isn't doing enough to protect the children.

School Board President Don Schlichte said he's not alarmed and believes administrators are doing their jobs.

Cleveland said the school board takes every bullying allegation seriously and is pleading for bullied students to tell a teacher or a parent about what is happening. She added that they follow several national anti-bullying campaigns and have a bullying committee.

Despite what has been said lately about bullying in the area, a recent Rio Rancho study showed that 95 percent of parents feel their children are safe at school.

District officials said they plan to poll students about bullying in the near future.